Matthew 4:7

Modern English Version

Jesus said to him, “It is also written, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 106:14

but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.

Psalm 78:18

They tested God in their heart by asking for the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies,

Psalm 95:9

when your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Exodus 17:2

Therefore the people contended with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?”

Exodus 17:7

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud blessed, for those who do wickedness are built up; they even test God and escape.”

Numbers 14:22

Because all those men seeing My glory and My signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not listened to My voice,

Matthew 21:16

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and infants You have perfected praise’ ?”

Matthew 21:42

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Get away from here, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’ ”

Matthew 4:4

But He answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”

Luke 4:12

Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”

Acts 15:10

Now then, why test God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Acts 5:9

Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us test Christ, as some of them also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.

Deuteronomy 6:16

You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted Him in Massah.

Hebrews 3:9

where your fathers tested Me and tried Me and saw My works for forty years.